Toy



I 1,454,077 J. G. REED May 8, 1923.

TOY

Filed Oct. 28, 1921 INVENTOR. I

ATTORNEY.

Paiten ted ma 8, 1923.

U Keene es'eeeriws; i

lo a t hom it mco iconaerzw Beit known that 1, JOHN G. Ru n a citiizenwofqthe United $tate,}resi ding; at; Los ,i,\ngeles in. the county of 1 10s Angelesjand State of California; haneinyented Certain new and useful Improvements in lloys, of which the following is. a, specification-1 This invention relates t'ogtoys andz more particulzirly Ito spinners; of theprojectable type.

he OlflBCi? of the. invlentioniis to preside a toy of this fcharacter including members I separably connected and so constrluctcd that the rotation of one will operzite :to release and project the other, theimpetus.imparted to the projected Ine nberbeing; suff cient to carry itzintoi the air Ta considerable. distance. Another object is:to pr'oviide afdevi'cexof.

this character including two sepa1 2ibly.-con'- I V l V v l i x ",1 l necte d rotary members; the rotation of; one

:being" operable to release and prOjec'tth other, siid' device being equipped with means for controlling the l olding power or resist} ance setup by the speed of the rotiirynfit n atingLJ-member as agziinst'tlie resisteuc-e of the prO eCtable member) in sepa rutmg' the latter from "the former;

' Another object is to so oonstruct'the projectile thatit 'will 'be'fetained i'n upright position during its flight-end on its descent at a given'd rpp Will hEWe ii-tendency to reverse therebycztu'sing the drop to heea sil'y Anotherobject is to provide a toy composed of separably connected-members one of which is rotatable to projectth'e other; the projectable n emb'er being in tlieforni offaro'd equipped-with a, propeller 'atone end and-at its other end Witli'a Ii angular socli teiig'tig 'ing terminalto beengagedrw lth the rotary member, the length of thi s angiilar rodend and its insertionwithin the socket f the rotary inentiber controls the lioldinglpow'er of resistance set upfby the spe *of th e" rotary inemben'and against "the i'esistz iice of the propeller in the'proj'ectile out o f tl ie socket." Itfisof=couise ii'nderstdodthat if-this squaredor z ngulztrend of the rod wzisb'iie inch long itwouldtake more power to lift it out of the socket than if it were'onefhalf' or a quarter of an inch'long, since the propeller would have tolift just that much more to overcome the hanging or the resistance of the angular end in the socket. With these andother objects in view, the

invention consists in certain novel features sc ibed nd claimed i I entiom pe s bei g-b oken 4 ut a t arably-connected ;in""a manner and for nfzpiirypose presently to belides'cribed.

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I In the mb diment l ust zete ithet fi ing-this ini' ention-comp is sia' ,l member 1 and a projecteble member 'llheha member 15 comprisesie; hand gripffieo w Oreny suitable materiztliihaiving a horeflem tending longitudinally ":thereth-nough 1:in-

which is mounted-to r ota tef grishg ft;'3iwhich L extends beyond one;end-of;"theihand:grip 2 and is f equipped-with disk like headsi oi plates 4 and 5 spapedca' suflibient distance.

toforina cordlreceiving spoolifiif s;ilheiiplete 4: is formed adj-acentonefiendofthenhttnd1 grip 2, while the sheftfiiat 't lie other endof Mountedv onthexouter face of the plate 5 is an innertecl;- U-shaped bracket member- '7 the cross bar 8 o'f whicli is apertured for the passage of theprojeqti'lecrod as itillbe' res o0 ently inore fully described. F plate, :5 end the adjacent'end of= therod or stars 3 has ennngular'socket formed therein which i j registers with the ap rt re, in; the} "cro s bar 8 of the member '7 end whichl a y The plate etwhich forms one .flaingebr' heed of the spool 6-has a, tangenueu-y formed slot 4*" therein through L which '-'is designed? to he inserted the knottediendf 19'--"o* 1n' actuating I or spinning cord 18'; "This Tcofrd '18*is wo f a closely around the T spool 6 thrt ghbueits entirejlength' endieaveiesu i igm handheld for pull to be exerted tl'iereon. he "outer end of the hinness; presentl provided with "a stop orgriplinellnber 2o 'to'preiferi't the g hand of the operator'from slipping when I I l pulling on the cord. 7 t i The projectile or propeller member 10 comprises a rod 11 having an angularlterini nal 11 at one end which is adapted, to be inserted through the aperture in the cross" 'bar of the br cket member 7 and to enter e suitable length to b e-wound'ftightly}kind" I" the socket 9 in. the member 1. :The upper end'of the rod 11 is threaded as shown at 12 and has detachably mounted thereon a ployed. This propeller 13 has an aperture midway its ends for the passage therethrough' of the rod 11 and is secured on therod by nuts '14 and 15 arranged-on opposite faces thereof and threaded on said rod with washers 16 and 17' arranged between the nuts and the adjacent faces of the blade or propeller 13. After the blade or propeller 13 is applied, the outer nut 14 is preferably upset or otherwise locked to prevent its being thrown off during the revolution of the propeller.

In the use of this toy, the blade or propeller 13 having been secured to one end of the rod 13 as above described, and the cord 18 having been wound on the spool 6 in the manner above set forth and as shown in Fig. l, the rod 11 is then inserted through the cross bar 8 and the terminal 11 thereof entered in the socket 9 of the member 1 and the device is ready for use. The hand grip 2 is-then grasped by the left hand of the operator with the toy held in upright position and the cord 18 is graspedby the right hand and a fast hard pull imparted there to, the faster the better. This rapid unwinding of the cord from the spool 6 operates to rapidly rotate the spool and the member 10 connected therewith and when a predetermined speed is reached the propeller will lift from out the socket 9 and ascend into the air. .The heightto which the member 10 will be projected depends entirely upon the pull given the cord and the length of the angular member 11. The

rod 11 and the propeller 13 are so proportioned that the rod will balance the propeller and operate to retain it in upright position during itsflight. When constructed as above set forth, the propeller at a given drop has a tendency to reverse and thereby cause the drop to be made easily since the reverse motion of the propeller checks the fall to a certain extent and if no wind is blowing, the projectile 10 will, rise and out of the socket, for insta1'1ce,-the longer this terminal is the greater resistancewill be necessary to lift the propeller and consequently the more rapidly the spool will have to be rotated, and obviously, the shorter the end, the less resistance.- On the other hand, it must be left a suflicient length so that the propeller will not lift the rod out of the socket until suflicient speed is attained to lift the propeller to a given height,

say from seventy-five to a hundred feet forth in the specification but it will be understood that any modifications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made in the construction without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim is 1. An aerial toy comprisingtwo oppo sitely directed propeller blades, an elongated stem central thereto, said stem being central to the blades and centrally carrying them and terminating remote from the blades in a non-circular end, a handle, a spool rotatable on the handle, an elongated bracket member constituting an axial bearing for the stem mounted on the spool, and the spool and stem having coacting noncircular connecting means for causing a rotation of the propeller and spool until the rotational speed of the propeller overcomes the frictional engagement of the propeller stem with the spool.

2. An aerial toy comprising balanced oppositely acting propeller blades,'an elongated carrying stem central and at right angles thereto, and terminating remotely from the blades in a non-circular end,v a handle, a spool rotatable on thehandle, an elongated bracket member constituting-an axial bearing for the stem and mounted on the spool, said spool having coacting parts for rotating the propeller and spool untilthe rotational speed of the propeller overcomes the frictional engagement of said propeller stem with the spool, and the stem and blades are rotated to cause the reversal of relation of theblades and stem on the return thereof toward the ground.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature hereto.

- JOHN; REED. 

